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Viola cornuta

60 - 70Days to maturity

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Brush Strokes Viola Seed

Item #HSC-VIO-002-500S

An old-style viola with painterly markings.

Brush Strokes has small faces in apricot, gold, peach, lavender, plum, purple and cream, each patterned with its own splashes, flecks and stripes; no two plants seem quite alike. Flowers are 1½ to 2½ inches and sweetly scented.

It was never bred to be short and mounding, so plants are taller and more vigorous, in a range of heights. Sown in fall and overwintered under cover, plants give 12- to 18-inch stems in spring, long enough to pair with tulips and daffodils. The flowers are edible, with a faint wintergreen taste; scatter them on salads and desserts or candy them.

Plants grow 8–16" tall and flower about 60–70 days from sowing. Open-pollinated.

Specs

Packet: 100 seeds
Average 29,240 seeds per oz.
Plant height: 8–16"

In stock — 500 Seeds

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Quick Facts

Latin Name: Viola cornuta
Days To Maturity: 60 - 70 days
Life Cycle: Annual
Hybrid Status: Open Pollinated
Product Features

Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.

Growing guide

From seed to harvest

Start 7–9 weeks ahead

Cover lightly; seedlings emerge in 4–7 days at 62–68°F.

Grow cool and bright

Bright light and cool temperatures keep bedding plants compact.

Plant out early

Space 6–9" in rich, well-drained soil; light frost is fine.

Pick and deadhead

Pick open flowers to eat or cut, and remove spent blooms to keep plants flowering.

Growing Information

Days to germination

4–7 days at 62–68°F (17–20°C).

Transplanting

Start seed 7–9 weeks before planting out, or 8–9 weeks ahead if you want plants flowering in packs. Cover the seed lightly and water from below or with a mist so it is not washed out. Move seedlings to packs or larger pots when the first true leaves show, then harden off and plant out; violas can take a light frost. In mild-winter areas or in tunnels, a late-summer to fall sowing also works. Direct sowing is not recommended.

Light

Sun to part shade.

Plant height

8–16".

Plant spacing

6–9".

Hardiness

Varies by variety.

Harvest

For eating, pick flowers fully open. For cutting, take stems that are long enough and have at least one open flower. Removing spent blooms keeps plants flowering.

Soil

Rich soil that drains well.

Uses

Pots, window boxes and beds, plus edible flowers and, for some varieties, cut flowers.

Growing for cut stems

Varieties noted as suitable for cutting give the best stems from a very early spring sowing or an overwintered planting, so plants are well established and flowering as days lengthen and warm in spring and early summer. Long days and warmth stretch the stems and bring heavy flowering. For compact bedding plants, do the opposite: grow seedlings cool and in bright light to keep them from stretching.

Scientific name

Viola cornuta

Also known as

Field pansy, wild pansy, heartsease, horned violet.

Packet

100 seeds.

Seeds per oz.

About 29,240 on average.

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